Quality of care management decisions by multidisciplinary cancer teams: A systematic review

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2116-2125

  Lamb, Benjamin W ^a,b   Brown, Katrina F ^a   Nagpal, Kamal ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a   Green, James S A ^b   Sevdalis, Nick ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK; TELEMEDICINE; WORKLOAD;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80051546512     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1675-6     Document Type: Review

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